Global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky revealed on Tuesday that there were “evolving” ransomware groups in Southeast Asia (SEA) region, targeting to blackmail public and private organizations. According to a 2020 research conducted by […]
A single attack that needed three attempts. This is one of the major findings in cybersecurity firm Sophos’ latest report titled “Maze Attackers Adopt Ragnar Locker Virtual Machine Technique,” wherein Maze attackers […]
Kaspersky experts, however, observe the rise of targeted ransomware from the notorious APT group highlighting the need for more sophisticated protection for enterprises in all shapes and sizes.
Dharma ransomware is considered to be “one of the most profitable ransomware families” because of its mass-market, service-based business model, which makes it attractive to cybercriminals, according to the latest report of […]
Cybercriminals have been having a field day exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic in carrying out their attacks on a massive scale. This is just one of the major findings in the cybersecurity firm […]
In a series of articles, cybersecurity solutions firm Sophos breaks down the threats of ransomware and indicators of potential attacks. The security research unit of the firm pored over loads of ransomware […]
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered a series of attacks that use an advanced malware framework, called MATA, to target Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems. In use since spring 2018, the framework is […]
The trend of increase in ransomware attacks continues as the SonicWall Capture Labs (SonicWall) threat research team finds that despite the global decline of malware volume this year, ransomware attacks increased a […]
Cybersecurity solutions firm Sophos discovered that Emotet, the ubiquitous botnet that arrives in the guise of any of a thousand different bogus email messages, never really went away when it suddenly stopped […]
Incident analysis by Kaspersky of two cases in Europe and Asia has uncovered that VHD ransomware — first discussed in public in spring 2020 – is owned and operated by Lazarus, a […]
Cybersecurity firm Sophos reveals that 82% of companies in the Philippines have experienced public cloud cybersecurity incidents last year. According to the cybersecurity company’s latest “The State of the Cloud Security 2020” […]
Organizations may have stepped up their security postures but the lack of structure and proper management still made networks vulnerable, if not more vulnerable than before. This is one of the key […]
Legacy (read: outdated) or illegal software is known to be high-risk in terms of cybersecurity. As the latest data from Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) reveal, there is a “sustained campaign targeting users […]
Over three years after the infamous Wannacry ransomware, its costly aftermath still remains a vivid glimpse of the damage cybercriminals can do by kidnapping companies’ essential data. This threat is undoubtedly present […]
Microsoft released the Asia Pacific (APAC) findings from the latest edition of its Security Endpoint Threat Report 2019, an annual research aimed at identifying cyber threats and building cyber resilience across the […]
Judging by the products and services introduced during the pandemic, it is safe to say that COVID-19 has accelerated cloud migration because it altered the business operations significantly. IBM Security conducted research […]
Several studies from Kaspersky have since revealed that companies are concerned about data breaches and ransomware. However, fresh statistics from the global cybersecurity company unmasks that the biggest threat in Southeast Asian […]
Three years after the headline-grabbing Wannacry ransomware wreaked havoc to thousands of IT systems around the globe, data from Kaspersky for Southeast Asia (SEA) prove the threat is still present particularly against […]
On May 12, 2017, the largest ransomware epidemic in history, WannaCry, reached its peak. Three years later, this and other ransomware threats are still affecting people and companies. A recent Kaspersky research […]
According to the survey conducted by cybersecurity firm Sophos, the average global cost of addressing the impact of a ransomware attack stands at $730,000, which is exclusive of business downtime, lost orders, […]
Researchers at Kaspersky, a global cybersecurity solutions provider, observed that ransomware has targeted at least 174 municipal institutions (with more than 3,000 subset organizations) in 2019, that’s a 60% increase compared to […]
In the latest investigative report by cybersecurity solutions firm Sophos, it details the changing attack methods of Snatch ransomware, first seen in December 2018, including rebooting PCs into Safe Mode mid-attack in […]
Kaspersky researchers have identified a new type of ransomware attack that is actively growing in popularity. Targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS), it poses new risks for back-up data usually stored on such […]
Ten years on there is no sign that ransomware attacks are letting up. In fact, cybersecurity firm Sophos recently published a “playbook” titled “How Ransomware Attacks” to help organizations mitigate these attacks […]
Sophos 2020 Threat Report shows how cyberattackers are raising the stakes in ransomware, increasing stealth in malicious Android apps, exploiting misconfiguration in the cloud, and abusing machine learning Sophos, a company focused […]
